On Zboril, Palov writes “the Czech blueliner is coming off an outstanding
summer season with his national team and is another player pegged as a possible
first-rounder for the 2015 NHL draft.”

COMING UP

The Sea Dogs
return to pre-season action next Friday at Harbour Station when they host the
Charlottetown Islanders at 7:30 p.m. The two teams also meet next Saturday at
Eastlink Centre to wrap up exhibition play.

Saint John is
2-1-0-1 in pre-season play so far this year while Charlottetown is 2-2-0-0.

Friday’s game
will be the first of three straight between the Dogs and Isles. They also meet
on September 12 in Charlottetown to open the regular season.

The Islanders feature
former Sea Dogs Oliver Cooper and Will Thompson.

VOLUNTEERS

The Sea Dogs are looking for volunteers
to join their game night operations staff.

If interested, resumes can be sent to
Cole Fowler, Game Day and Community Coordinator, at:

Thursday, August 28, 2014

The team announced this morning that forward Kyle Ward has been
reassigned from their training camp roster. Ward, 16, was a ninth-round pick of
the Sea Dogs in this year’s QMJHL Entry Draft.

The Sackville native recorded 11 goals and 17 assists in
28 NB/PEI Major Midget AAA Hockey League games with the Moncton Flyers last
season. He also had two goals in five games with Team Atlantic at the World
Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

There are now 26 players remaining on Saint John’s camp
roster, consisting of three goaltenders, eight defensemen, and 15 forwards.

It appears the Dogs will cut at least one more forward,
and it will presumably be between imports Juraj Siska and Nikita Li.

The Sea Dogs have this weekend off from pre-season action but
will return next weekend with a pair of games. Next Friday, Saint John hosts
the Charlottetown Islanders at Harbour Station at 7:30 p.m. The two teams the
meet at Eastlink Link the next night at 7:00 p.m.

Saint John is 2-1-0-1 in exhibition play and have
outscored opponents 13-9.

The Sea Dogs begin the regular season on Friday,
September 12 in Charlottetown.

TESSIER

Confirmed: Julien Tessier ( @JulTessier17 )
will be part of the roster for the Sea Dogs - Congrats and all the best this
season!
— Kevin Chambers (@HPCanucklehead) August
27, 2014

Tessier was chosen by Saint John with the 15th
overall pick in this year’s QMJHL Entry Draft. The 16-year old forward has
looked good in pre-season action, recording a goal and five shots in three
games.

THE DRAFT

According to reports, next year’s QMJHL Entry Draft will
be held in Sherbrooke. The Phoenix also hosted last year’s draft and was, apparently,
quite successful.

UNION TALK

TSN’ Rick Westhead had a big time article on the
possibility of a CHL players union becoming reality. He specifically mentioned
former Sea Dog Nicholas Pard in his piece.

Dias confirmed that some players in Quebec have been
asked to sign union cards by Nicholas Pard, who played three seasons with the
Saint John Sea Dogs in Quebec's major junior league. It is unclear how many
players signed union cards. Pard is now playing pro hockey in Europe, Dias
said.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The Saint John Sea Dogs continue to trim down their
training camp roster.

This afternoon the club announced that defenseman Gareth
Nicholson has been reassigned from their camp roster. The Kentville, NS native
was acquired in a trade from the Moncton Wildcats earlier this month.

Nicholson, 19, has spent the past two seasons in the
QMJHL. He registered a goal and an assist in 39 games split between the Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles and Wildcats last season.

Nicholson was a second-round pick of the Dieppe Commandos
in the 2012 MHL Draft.

Saint John’s training camp roster is now down to 27
players consisting of three goaltenders, eight defensemen, and 16 forwards.
Many teams around the league have already finalized their rosters for opening
night.

Station Nation’s Lorne Webster took a stab at predicting
Saint John’s opening night roster. Here is his take:

Monday, August 25, 2014

Forwards Stefano Pezzetta and Drew Gross have been
reassigned by the Sea Dogs, the team announced this morning.

Pezzetta, 19, leads the Sea Dogs in pre-season scoring
with three goals and an assist in four games but was held pointless in both
contests this past weekend. The Toronto native played in two games with the OHL’s
Owen Sound Attack last season along with 25 OJHL games.

Gross, 18, was held pointless in three pre-season games.
The Kitchener native recorded 13 goals and 24 points in 46 GOJHL games with the
Stratford Cullitons last season.

There are now 28 players remaining at Sea Dogs training
camp. The roster consists of three goaltenders, nine defensemen, and 16
forwards.

Saint John’s next pre-season game is on Friday, September
5 at Harbour Station against the Charlottetown Islanders.

What a beautiful building the Rath Eastlink Community
Centre in Truro is.

Outside, the building looks massive even from the
highway. It seems just as big on the inside with a large arena, a large pool
and slide, and other amenities most modern community centres feature these
days. It was sort of a combination of the Dartmouth Sportsplex and
Fredericton’s Grant*Harvey Centre.

The most unique part of the building is the amount of
windows. There are windows everywhere. When sitting in the stands, you can actually
see the pool through some glass doors behind one of the nets.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

The Saint John Sea Dogs released eight players from their
training camp roster this weekend.

Yesterday, before the Sea Dogs’ pre-season game against
the Halifax Mooseheads, the team announced that forwards Chris Sarault and
Francis Theriault had been released.

Sarault, a 17-year old who was drafted in the eighth
round by Saint John in the 2013 QMJHL Entry Draft, played in Colorado last
season. Theriault, 17, played with the MHL’s Campbellton Tigers last season and was a 13th
round pick of the Dogs in this year’s draft.

Today, the team announced six additional cuts. Goaltender
Christopher Smith; defensemen Sheehan Kirkwood and Louis-Philip Fortin; and
forwards Cody Grant, Declan Smith, and Ryan Kenny have all been released from
the team’s training camp roster.

Smith was a fifth-round pick of the Dogs in the 2013
QMJHL Draft and played in one game with the club last season. Kirkwood was
signed as a free agent and played in three games with the Dogs in
2013-14. Fortin was acquired from the Quebec Remparts in the Alexander McQuaid
trade. Grant, Smith, and Kenny were all selected by Saint John in this year’s
Entry Draft.

Saturday, August 23, 2014

TRURO, NS – A three-goal comeback by the Saint John Sea
Dogs was spoiled by a lengthy shootout loss to the Halifax Mooseheads on
Saturday night at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro.

The Sea Dogs didn’t play horribly in the first half of
the game but fell behind 3-0. Saint John got a power play goal late in the
second to give them some life; and then in the third, Saint John really turned it on at
times and scored a shorthanded and even strength marker to send the match to a
shootout.

A lengthy, seven round shootout then ensued. Samuel Leblanc’s
goal and a Kevin Resop save off of Adam Bateman proved to be the winning
formula for the Moose.

Samuel Dove-McFalls, Matt Green, and Mathieu Joseph had
regulation time goals for Saint John. Bobby Dugan got the start in net and made
16 saves on 19 shots. Chris Smith took over midway through the second and made seven stops.

Halifax had goals from Vincent Watt, Matt Murphy, and
Kelly Bent. Zach Fucale got the start in net and made 18 saves. Kevin Resop
took over near the halfway point of the game and made 16 stops on 19 shots.

A preview of tonight’s game between the Saint John Sea
Dogs and Halifax Mooseheads…

When and where: Tonight at 7:00 p.m., Rath Eastlink
Community Centre (Truro, NS)

TV/Radio: None

Records: The Sea Dogs sit second in the Maritimes
Division and seventh overall in the QMJHL with a 2-1-0-0 record for four points.
The Mooseheads are 1-1-0-1for three points which places them fourth in the Maritimes and 11th overall.

Last games: These two met last night at Harbour Station
with the Sea Dogs edging the Mooseheads 1-0 in a shootout. Juraj Siska’s shootout marker was
the only goal scored in the entire contest. Sebastien Auger made 26 saves for
the shutout.

2013-14 head-to-head:The
Sea Dogs went 1-7-0-0 against the Mooseheads last season while Halifax went
7-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: See above.

Random stat: Tonight, the Sea Dogs will be playing the
Mooseheads for the third consecutive game. Mind blowing stuff, I know.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Kelly Bent

SJ notes: Stefano Pezzetta leads the Sea Dogs in scoring
with three goals and four points… Nathan Noel and Juraj Siska each have two
goals… the Dogs are 0-1 on the road in pre-season play… Sebastien Auger played
the entire game last night.

HFX notes: The Moose are led by Brandon Vuic who has a
goal and an assist for two points… Kevin Resop and Christofer Langlais split
goaltending duties for Halifax last night… the Moose are 1-0 on “home ice” this
pre-season, beating the Sea Dogs 3-2 in Dartmouth last Saturday… the RECC is
the usual home of the MHL’s Truro Bearcats.

Friday, August 22, 2014

SAINT JOHN, NB - In the third game of the 2014 exhibition
season, the Saint John Sea Dogs beat the Halifax Mooseheads 1-0 in a shootout
at Harbour Station.

Juraj Siska scored the only goal of the night in a
shootout.

With each team dressing roughly six veterans each, the
rookies and free agents were given a clear opportunity to prove to their
coaches and managers that they are worthy of a roster spot to start the regular
season.

The Sea Dogs controlled much of the play in the opening
frame, out shooting the Moose 14-5. However, the teams went into the second
period scoreless.

Early in the second period, a breakaway by Adam Marsh was
stopped by Kevin Resop. Otherwise, the second was fairly even and relatively
uneventful (besides several penalties) until a Moosehead shot in the final
seconds rang off both posts behind Sebastien Auger but stayed out and the game
remained scoreless. Shots were 12-5 for Halifax.

The third period was pretty much back and forth with many
good scoring chances and several big body checks. Shots in the final frame were
13-7 Saint John.

The game then went directly to a shootout. Auger stopped
all three shots he faced while Siska scored Saint John’s lone goal.

A preview of tonight’s pre-season game between the Halifax Mooseheads and Saint
John Sea Dogs…

When and where: Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Harbour Station

TV/Radio: None

Records: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-0-0 in pre-season play and
sit fifth in the Maritimes Division and 12th overall with two
points. The Mooseheads are fourth in the Maritimes and 10th overall
with a 1-1-0-0 record for two points.

Last games: Saint John lost 3-2 last Saturday in
Dartmouth. Brett Crossley, Brandon Vuic, and Jacob Jacques scored for the Moose
while Stefano Pezzetta scored both Saint John goals. Halifax is coming off a
4-3 loss in Cape Breton on Sunday. Cavan Fitzgerald, Matt Murphy, and Dominik
Blain-Dupuis scored for Halifax.

2013-14 head-to-head:The
Sea Dogs went 1-7-0-0 against the Mooseheads last season while Halifax went
7-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: August 16 in Dartmouth. See above for info.

Random stat: Of Kelly Bent’s 12 fighting majors last
season, four were against the Mooseheads.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Kelly Bent

HFX notes: Brandon Vuic leads the Mooseheads in scoring
with a goal and an assist for two points… six Mooseheads have scored in
exhibition play so far… goaltender Kevin Resop has allowed two goals on 27
shots in just over 60 minutes of action… Winnipeg Jets first round pick Nikolaj
Ehlers reported to Mooseheads camp this week… the Moose claimed Sea Dogs
forward Kelly Bent off waivers this week.

SJ notes: Stefano Pezzetta leads the Sea Dogs in scoring
with three goals and an assist for four points… Nathan Noel and Juraj Siska
each have two goals… Braydon Blight, Mathieu Joseph, and Sheehan Kirkwood all
have two assists… Pezzetta’s three goals place him in a tie for second in the
league… Saint John has played one other pre-season game at Harbour Station this
year, a 7-2 win over Cape Breton last Friday… Jakub Zboril, Saint John’s top
pick in the CHL Import Draft, practiced with the Sea Dogs yesterday.